So as not to take away from Woody's CAC fix...I thought I'd break this out to generate a discussion on a cleaning technique for the Charge Air Cooler (CAC)....
picked up from woody's thread here...
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...eh-bunkey.html
xman03 made the comment you wouldnt notice the difference....
Originally Posted by
xman03
Haha, yes the air at one bar is sooo much thicker . Dirt or no dirt, there won't be any measurable horsepower loss due to it as.. the placement of the IC > any flow restriction
xman03 - I beg to differ....our bodies are very astute at detecting the slightest changes or deviations from the norm....
People are repeatedly remarking about the difference between a stock intake and a CAI....and then from a CAI to a DCAI....
the DCAI is probably responsible for 8-10rwhp....= 2-3%.
but they also feel the grunt in going from stock to a CAI ......
.....and have even noticed the diff between a CAI and DCAI...
those lesser differences have gotta lie somewhere less than 2-3...say 1-5-2% improvement.
Well - thats what we are talking here - at least 5 rwhp.....
So I reckon you'd notice it - and there's always the placebo effect - so in that case you gotta feel it regardless.... hey
We - gotta work out a solvent you can mist into the Y-piece and take it up to at least 4000rpm to suck all this gunk out.
hmmm.....
when you think about it - more importantly I guess - what would be a suitable solvent and yet wouldnt hurt the teflon screws in the SC or effect valve seats at high revs...